This article analyzes the way the Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women (the Committee) has interpreted CEDAW
in response to cases of individual women
under CEDAW's Optional Protocol. The author
examines the analysis and results in these
cases to show that the Committee has
responded differently to claims based on
reproductive rights and violence against
women than it has to claims based on civil,
political, or economic matters. The Committee
has consistently condemned discrimination in
cases based on the former, but has been more